You know this already but I’m a bit of a freak. I know the current temperature, but I often open a door or window to confirm whether it’s a jacket or parka kind of day. It drives my wife nuts, which is why I keep doing it.
Winter isn’t close to being over, but I see evidence of a higher sun angle showing up in the temperature outlook. A few cold nights into early March, but no prolonged occupations of polar air.
Data from 1991-2020 shows 1 in 3 January nights are below zero, on average. But March brings an average of roughly 1 subzero night at MSP. Three minutes of additional daylight every passing day are starting to pay off.
A clipper brushes us with flurries Tuesday, but we thaw out with mainly wet roads by afternoon. Highs in the 40s on Friday give way to a chilly weekend, but long-range guidance suggests 40s, maybe 50 degrees by the second week of March. No big snowstorms in sight. Shocking, huh?
Over 2 feet of snow just smothered southern New England. The last time MSP picked up 24 inches or more from one storm? The Halloween Blizzard of 1991.
